stamp
γλυκύ δ᾽ἀπείρῳ πόλεμος, πεπειραμένων δέ τις ταρβεῖ προσιόντα, νιν καρδίᾳ περισσῶς → A sweet thing is war to the inexperienced, but anyone who has tasted it trembles at its approach, exceedingly, in his heart (Pindar, for the Thebans, fr. 110)
English > Greek (Woodhouse)
v. trans.
P. ἐνσημαίνεσθαι (τί τινι), P. and V. ἐπισημαίνειν (or mid.) (τι).
Stamp a mark on: P. χαρακτῆρα ἐπιβάλλειν (dat.).
Stamp on the mind: see impress.
Stamp money: Ar. κόπτεσθαι.
Brand: Ar. and P. στίζειν.
Stamp with approval: P. ἐπισημαίνεσθαι, or use P. and V. ἐπαινεῖν.
Strike (with noise): P. and V. κρούειν.
Stamp the feet: Ar. κτυπεῖν τοῖν ποδοῖν.
Stamped down, trodden down: use adj., V. στιπτός, P. ἀπόκροτος.
subs.
Impression: P. and V. χαρακτήρ, ὁ, τύπος, ὁ.
Stamp on a coin: P. and V. χαρακτήρ, ὁ, Ar. κόμμα, τό.
That on which something is stamped: P. ἐκμαγεῖον, τό.
He seems to be a man of inferior stamp: Ar. ἔοικε δʼ εἶναι τοῦ πονηροῦ κόμματος (Pl. 862).
